Level Up Your Legal Writing: Techniques and Technology to Supercharge Your Skills, First Edition

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Authors

Joseph Regalia

Series / Aspen Coursebook Series

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Book length

432 pages

Publication Date

2024-09-15

Edition

First Edition

Description

Table of contents

Preface

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Effective and succinct, Level Up Your Legal Writing: Techniques and Technology to Supercharge Your Skills, is your guide to leveling up every aspect of your legal writing. Grounded in a decade of research, these tools have been used successfully used by author Joe Regalia, as a founder of Write.law, to train students, lawyers, and judges in leveling up their writing style, developing their own authentic voice, connecting with their reader, leveraging technology, and learning to enjoy the writing process once again--or for the first time. A forward-thinking, integrated approach to the role of technology prepares you to thrive in today's rapidly evolving, high-tech legal landscape.

Professors and students will benefit from:

Complete coverage of legal writing, from rule synthesis and storytelling to the mechanics of writing and advanced rhetorical style
Leveling up the structure, design, and style of legal documents, with sample memos, motions, and briefs
Examples throughout that illustrate every concept and technique
The "how and why" of each technique, so you can make informed choices when using them
A step-by-step guide to the writing process, from brainstorming and outlining to drafting and editing your final product
Appropriate uses for technology throughout the writing process